Managing and sustaining an ageing nursing workforce: Identifying opportunities and best practices within collective agreements in Canada

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 500-511

  Kwok, Cara ^a   Bates, Kimberly A ^b   Ng, Eddy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing nurses; Best practices; Canada; Collective agreements; Recruitment; Retention; Unions

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NURSING; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING SHORTAGE; REGISTERED NURSE; TEACHER; WORK SCHEDULE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRADE UNION; TRENDS;

AGING; CANADA; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84964811383     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 13652834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12350     Document Type: Article

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